Saving Species Sustaining Life

Published: Dec. 23, 2011, 9 p.m.

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In a special edition of Saving Species, recorded in front of an audience at the University of Bristol, Brett Westwood chairs a discussion about the building tension between the natural world and the burgeoning human population.\\nEvery 2 seconds another child is born. The human population is now over 7 billion and is projected to rise to 9 billion by 2050. All these people will need food, water, energy and materials, is that possible? How can a burgeoning population really live with a flourishing natural world?\\nSustaining Life takes the issue of the human population and nature head on.\\nPresenter: Brett Westwood\\nProducer: Mary Colwell\\nEditor: Julian Hector

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